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On August 13 2012 06:35 KhAmun wrote:
My GF's mother, after seeing this was insistent on their existence.
I facepalmed for like an hour.
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People are going to latch hard on the idea that "it's not scientifically impossible therefore it's true". It's so sad that those TV people are willing to outright lie to the masses. They know damn well that some folks aren't equipped with a healthy amount of skepticism and will just eat that shit up.
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Hey if Mermaids actually exists, I am all for embracing them.
If not, nothing really change for me.
But I'm hoping that they are real.
Always nice to discover new things/ or humanoid?
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On August 13 2012 05:29 Probe1 wrote:+ Show Spoiler [TL;DR in image form] +It's so sad to be old enough to remember the history channel before it became the hitler channel (Which was before it became Aliens, Rednecks and Pals!). Same with TLC only midgets and strange or dysfunctional people. Same with Discovery only ... mermaids. They used to be my bastion of entertainment as a teenager. Now they're just gone, replaced with reality TV rubbish like this. Sad, sad, sad. Edit: Oh, I actually caught about 3 minutes of it last night during one of IPLs many super long breaks. It was just as stupid as you imagine it is.
I feel the same way. TV is such a joke nowadays.
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On August 13 2012 06:35 KhAmun wrote:
My GF's mother, after seeing this was insistent on their existence.
I facepalmed for like an hour.
Yeah one of my best friends started talking about aliens after watching the history channel shit..
I wish schools were better at teaching scepticism :/
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On August 13 2012 06:54 Euronyme wrote:Show nested quote +On August 13 2012 06:35 KhAmun wrote:
My GF's mother, after seeing this was insistent on their existence.
I facepalmed for like an hour. Yeah one of my best friends started talking about aliens after watching the history channel shit.. I wish schools were better at teaching scepticism :/
while people who believe in "ancient aliens" are annoying, people who believe in mermaids after watching this is just... baffling. It would be like the History Channel admitting all the evidence in ancient aliens is completely made up, and still have a dedicated following supporting the idea. But, hey, throw in a government conspiracy to any made up bull shit and people are willing to jump on the anti-authoritarian band wagon before even doing the most basic of research.
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Saw this on TV the other day as I was flipping through channels. I knew it was to good to be true
I don't know about their website being shutdown by the government, but it's not like they are actually trying to pass this off as real. In the beginning of the linked clip, the text/subtitle(in Chinese) states that this program is based on scientific theories and does not represent facts.
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On August 13 2012 06:38 Djzapz wrote:Show nested quote +On August 13 2012 06:35 KhAmun wrote:
My GF's mother, after seeing this was insistent on their existence.
I facepalmed for like an hour. =/ People are going to latch hard on the idea that "it's not scientifically impossible therefore it's true". It's so sad that those TV people are willing to outright lie to people. They know damn well that some folks aren't equipped with a healthy amount of skepticism and will just eat that shit up.
Sadly not a lot of people have the ability to think about the information they take in. They assume that all information is good information, and that more of it is better. More information intake overloads our ability to process it, and so we have to digest it faster to make room for the next batch of information. In todays world, where information is abundant, this plagues all of us.
It begs the question: Is all this information we can gather from the internet, facebook, twitter, 24hour news, ect. a good thing, or is it the quality and not the quantity that matters? In other words, are we taking in too much bullshit because we don't have the time to realize that it's bullshit?
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History channel, discovery, and TLC have all been really bad, progressively getting worse over the years. All these "reality" shows have ruined them. Right now NOVA on PBS is your best bet for solid documentaries. The "Planet Earth" series was damn good, but I've been impressed with little else in recent times.There are so many interesting places in the world, historical events or periods, and epic battles. It's sad these channels have strayed so far from their roots.
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On August 13 2012 06:56 Tewks44 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 13 2012 06:54 Euronyme wrote:On August 13 2012 06:35 KhAmun wrote:
My GF's mother, after seeing this was insistent on their existence.
I facepalmed for like an hour. Yeah one of my best friends started talking about aliens after watching the history channel shit.. I wish schools were better at teaching scepticism :/ while people who believe in "ancient aliens" are annoying, people who believe in mermaids after watching this is just... baffling. It would be like the History Channel admitting all the evidence in ancient aliens is completely made up, and still have a dedicated following supporting the idea. But, hey, throw in a government conspiracy to any made up bull shit and people are willing to jump on the anti-authoritarian band wagon before even doing the most basic of research.
Well, they make a lot more money this way, and it isn't really hurting anyone.. It's still depressing that they're so low on actual content that they have to make shit up.
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Animal Planet must be getting desperate ._.
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On August 13 2012 06:54 Euronyme wrote:Show nested quote +On August 13 2012 06:35 KhAmun wrote:
My GF's mother, after seeing this was insistent on their existence.
I facepalmed for like an hour. Yeah one of my best friends started talking about aliens after watching the history channel shit.. I wish schools were better at teaching scepticism :/
I actually found that "Chariot of the Gods" book at the public library on sale for 25 cents and bought it with a quarter off the floor. It's pretty hilarious.
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I thought it well down parody..
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I watched the entire documentary and I must say I find the message that they drive home at the end to be absolutely disgusting. Primarily because it says that human beings cannot coexist with nature and even suggests we cannot coexist with eachother and that we are unable to overcome our basic nature to destroy each other. Shouldn't the discovery channel/animal planet be trying to say that we should strive to do the opposite and one of the best ways to do that is by understanding things better? The second part that I found to be disgusting by it is it basically suggests that we should adopt a philosophy of ignorance because somehow its better that we don't know about it. Absolutely disgusting messages being thrown out in a mad grab for ratings. If animal planet continues with garbage like this it'll be even worse than the bad joke that the history channel has become.
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On August 13 2012 07:10 Fyrewolf wrote:Show nested quote +On August 13 2012 06:54 Euronyme wrote:On August 13 2012 06:35 KhAmun wrote:
My GF's mother, after seeing this was insistent on their existence.
I facepalmed for like an hour. Yeah one of my best friends started talking about aliens after watching the history channel shit.. I wish schools were better at teaching scepticism :/ I actually found that "Chariot of the Gods" book at the public library on sale for 25 cents and bought it with a quarter off the floor. It's pretty hilarious.
Hehe, found that book laying on the floor in which I've picked it up.
To talk candidly, it is more plausible than the majority of religions out there.
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Viral marketing at its finest.
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They made a Dragon series like 10 years ago, it was really good :D
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My favorite part is how they manage to draw out the next-to-nothing that they actually have out for an hour and a half. It was interesting in the exact same way the X files was interesting. Pity they didn't just cut the shit and get Mulder and Scully to lead the investigation.
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Watched the documentation. I really liked it until l the scene with the police: "They took everything and nothing but the sound is left." I am not able to believe this...
Theoretically I cant say that they are wrong, but I would really want to see more pics and VODs from the body parts and that stuff. Any information?
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On August 13 2012 08:06 Big-t wrote:
Watched the documentation. I really liked it until l the scene with the police: "They took everything and nothing but the sound is left." I am not able to believe this...
Theoretically I cant say that they are wrong, but I would really want to see more pics and VODs from the body parts and that stuff. Any information?
Umm.... There is no other information because it's not real. Way to read the OP. As the press release briefly glossed over, "The film is science fiction". It's not a real documentary.
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I watched the entire thing and I have to say that I find it extremely disgusting that they would air this. It's obviously produced in a way to appear as real as possible, and the only thing even hinting that it all is fake is the message in the end that said "Though certain events in this film are fictional". Certain parts.. REALLY? The entire fucking film is completley faked and made to seem as fact presenting and real as possible.
For them to even air this there should be a huge disclaimer saying "THIS IS COMPLETLEY FICTIONAL" every five minutes imo.
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